ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,234, issued on July 22, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Load control device for high-efficiency loads" was invented by Robert C Newman Jr. (Emmaus, Pa.), Daniel F. Carmen (Schnecksville, Pa.), Christopher J. Salvestrini (Allentown, Pa.) and Matthew V. Harte (Emmaus, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A load control device for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load includes a thyristor, a gate coupling circuit for conducting a gate current through a gate of the thyristor, and a control circuit for controlling the gate coupling circuit to conduct the gate current thr...